Examples of shack in a Sentence
an old shack in the woods
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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Their family, unlike the families of most of Lilian’s schoolmates, lived not in an apartment building with central heating and running water but in a one-room cottage, which was no more than a shack.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Deer heads are mounted on the walls, mini-toboggans are nailed to the ceiling, and lumberjack-plaid drapery evokes cabanes à sucre, or sugar shacks, traditional shanties set up in forests where the sap to be turned into maple syrup is harvested.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.
—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Deer heads are mounted on the walls, mini-toboggans are nailed to the ceiling, and lumberjack-plaid drapery evokes cabanes à sucre, or sugar shacks, traditional shanties set up in forests where the sap to be turned into maple syrup is harvested.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.
—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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